Warface - PChttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/default.aspxen-USTelligent Community 1.5.134.12297 (Build: 5.5.134.12297)A Free FPS That Looks And Plays Greathttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2013/08/24/a-free-fps-that-looks-and-plays-great.aspxSat, 24 Aug 2013 17:44:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:4038500Tim Turi17http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=4038500http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2013/08/24/a-free-fps-that-looks-and-plays-great.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/crytek/warface/warface-1216-610.jpg" style="max-width:610px;" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Warface is a free-to-play FPS by Crytek, the developer responsible for the original Far Cry and the Crysis series. It&rsquo;s already earned an <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/11/26/warface-nets-over-5-million-registered-players-in-russia.aspx">impressive following in other countries</a>, but the browser-based action is on its way to the Western market soon. I played through a round of Warface&rsquo;s co-op mode and learned about the game&rsquo;s microtransation model.</p>
<p>First off, Warface looks gorgeous. The browser-based FPS boasts Cyrtek&#39;s pedigree of stunning shooters. Crytek says the game will run efficiently on most PCs, but the better your rig is the prettier the game will look. I was surprised by the level of detail in each gun and the crispness of the environments.</p>
<p>Users who download Warface for free get all the games maps, access to all the modes, and can play new daily co-op matches. Everything in the game can be earned by playing, with the best weapons and gear only being achievable from showing true skill. You can use real money or in-game currency to buy a slightly better shotgun, an armored vest that slightly improves reload speed, and more.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Competitive matches are eight-on-eight, including typical modes like free-for-all, team deathmatch, etc. I spent time with Warface&rsquo;s co-op mode, which accommodates up to five players. A Crytek representative and I crept through an impoverished village with our weapons on the ready. I was a standard assault unit, equipped with an automatic rifle and the ability to restore players&rsquo; ammo. He was a shotgun-wielding medic. We made mincemeat of the AI enemies lurking in the map. Our foes were pretty stupid, but I had fun. Boosting up the difficulty and bringing along more friends could vastly improve the cooperative experience.</p>
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<p>I played Warface using a mouse and keyboard. Aiming and movement feels as good as any modern FPS I&rsquo;ve played, and I never thought twice that it was running in a browser. The reticule is discreet but not hairpin tiny, allowing me to easily dial in shots on foes nearby or camping out on rooftops in the distance. Guns, your melee weapon, and grenades are mapped to the number keys like other FPSs, making quick selection easy. I love that you can customize your weapons mid-match, allowing you to swap out your red-dot sight for iron sights or switch your suppressor for a bayonet. Reviving fallen teammates is as easy as pressing a button. The entire control scheme should feel familiar and accessible for anyone who has played an FPS before.</p>
<p>Crytek says Warface will be out in the West very &nbsp;soon. The game has faced several delays in the past, but the company maintains that this is releasing in 2013. I went into my appointment never having heard of the game, and walked away more confident in the future of free-to-play FPSs. It controls well, costs nothing, plays in browser, and reserves the best items for Warface&rsquo;s the most skilled players, not the richest. I don&rsquo;t think it will match legendary FPS series like Call of Duty or Battlefield in polish or intensity, but Warface looks like a great value for what it is.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4038500" width="1" height="1">shooterpcWarfacecrytekPreviewfree-to-playFPSimpulseCustomize Your Weapon On The Fly In Warfacehttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2013/03/07/customize-your-weapon-on-the-fly-in-warface.aspxThu, 07 Mar 2013 17:39:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:2639661Jeff Marchiafava45http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=2639661http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2013/03/07/customize-your-weapon-on-the-fly-in-warface.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/crytek/warface/warfacecustom610.jpg" style="max-width:610px;" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Crytek has released a new trailer for Warface, which shows off the real-time weapon customization featured in its free-to-play shooter.</p>
<p>The video highlights the ability for players to switch out scopes, muzzles, and rails on the fly during matches. While some attachments will offer simple improvements such as greater range or stability, others like bayonets and silencers prove to be more valuable. The video also shows off Warface&#39;s visuals, which are mighty impressive for a free-to-play shooter.</p>
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<p>Warface officially launches this spring, though Crytek invites players to participate in the beta by signing up at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.warface.com/">Warface.com</a>.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2639661" width="1" height="1">shooterpcWarfacecrytekPreviewPlaying Nice Together In Crytek's Warfacehttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2012/11/08/playing-nice-together-in-crytek-39-s-warface.aspxThu, 08 Nov 2012 10:42:33 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:2361509Kyle Hilliard47http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=2361509http://www.gameinformer.com/games/warface/b/pc/archive/2012/11/08/playing-nice-together-in-crytek-39-s-warface.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/crytek/warface/warfacecoop_610.jpg" style="max-width:610px;" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Warface, the free to play shooter from the folks behind games like the original Far Cry and Crysis, shows off its cooperative side in the latest trailer.</p>
<p>It&#39;s hard to believe that Warface is going to be free to play, because it is looking mighty sharp. You can see Crysis&#39; impressive physics shine through as bodies react to shotguns being fired into their chests. No word on a release date or window for the game, but we&#39;ve reached out to publisher Trion Worlds for more information. For the time being, you can go ahead and reserve your username by heading to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.warface.com/">Warface&#39;s website</a>.</p>
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<p>This free-to-play shooter one-ups the competition with a new randomized co-op mission every day.</p>
<p>Warface is beautiful, as you&rsquo;d expect out of Crytek. It&rsquo;s also got the nuts and bolts of shooter gameplay down &ndash; no surprise there. The minor twists on modern shooter standards created by a Bulletstorm-like slide move, plus a co-op mantling move that lets two players climb onto platforms and structures inaccessible to solo players, are neat but hardly genre-defining. The six standard competitive modes are exactly what you&rsquo;d expect, though their implementation as far as I&rsquo;ve seen from a brief demo at E3 is uniformly top-notch. What sets Warface aside is the emphasis on co-op play.</p>
<p>Every day, a new five-player co-op mission becomes available as one of the many ways to play the game. I didn&rsquo;t get to see the variety promised, but the one mission I played with Crytek and Trion employees was an enjoyable, if straightforward, romp through a linear level full of a slew of different enemy types. The miniboss battle at the end of the section I played put the five of us on a cramped bridge battlefield against a heavily armored minigun-wielding foe who could only be damaged from behind.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>A lot of little touches elevate Warface beyond being a merely competent co-op shooter. Between the mobility granted by the slide move, mechanics encouraging teamwork like distributing health kits and ammo refills, and on-the-fly weapon customization similar to but even better than Crysis 2&rsquo;s, I had a blast mowing down NPCs.</p>
<p>As relatively easy as this normal-difficulty level was, Crytek tells us that the hardest co-op level has only a seven percent completion rate in Russia where the game is already live. Hopefully the developer will deliver a nice range between those two extremes.</p>
<p>Warface didn&rsquo;t blow me away at E3, as its action is better described as &ldquo;good&rdquo; than &ldquo;exceptional&rdquo; in a crowded shooter genre, but I appreciate the co-op focus &ndash; and you won&rsquo;t find anything that can touch the glorious fidelity of its presentation in the free-to-play space.</p>
<p>Warface is currently in closed beta, and is set to open that up to many more players in the coming months. No release date has been announced, but given the game is already out in Russia and that localizing a military shooter isn&rsquo;t exactly like bringing Final Fantasy over from Japanese to English, you can expect to get your own hands on Warface sooner than later.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1979849" width="1" height="1">shootertrionpcco-opmmoWarfacecrytekPreviewfree to playactionfree games